Who Are The Main Characters In Scott Turow Latest Book?

Quick and chatty take: when folks ask about the main players in Scott Turow’s newest book I first think of Sandy Stern — he’s basically Turow’s touchstone, an older defense attorney who’s still sharp, stubborn, and morally curious. The novel centers on him and the case that pulls him back into the ring: an older defendant accused of a serious crime, prosecutors who aren’t playing nice, and a web of family members and legal colleagues who each have their own stakes.

Instead of listing a bunch of possibly fuzzy names from memory, I usually describe the roles — lead defense lawyer (Sandy), the accused, the lead prosecutor, the judge, some investigative types, and the victim’s circle — because Turow spends a lot of time exploring those relationships more than throwing in flashy side characters. If you want the exact character names for notes or a discussion group, I can look them up or point you to the publisher’s summary or a library catalog entry; otherwise, think of the book as another of Turow’s moral courtroom dramas where characters’ past choices echo as loudly as the trial itself.

Okay, diving in with my bookworm hat on — if you mean Scott Turow’s most recent novel in his Kindle County universe, that would be 'The Last Trial'. The one who really anchors the book is Sandy Stern, Turow’s long-running defense lawyer whose dry wit and moral wrestling have threaded through many of his books. In this story Sandy is older, reflective, and drawn back into a courtroom fight that forces him to confront his past and the limits of the law.

Around Sandy the cast is built more by roles than flashy names: there’s the defendant — an elderly man whose life and alleged crime are tangled up in secrets and histories that slowly unfold; the prosecutor, who pushes a very different version of justice and raises the stakes; and a handful of judges, jurors, and younger lawyers who act as mirrors and foils to Sandy’s experience. Family members and a grieving party create the emotional center: spouses, children, or close friends whose reactions and small betrayals turn out to matter as much as the legal briefs. Turow also includes investigators and reporters — those peripheral figures who bring context and complications to the trial.

I’ll confess I’m more drawn to Turow’s character work than his procedural puzzles, so what stayed with me most were the way Sandy navigates memory and responsibility, the secondary characters who are quietly complex, and the moral gray areas the story refuses to tidy up. If you want the exact list of named players (if you’re making a reading guide or need character names for trivia), the publisher blurb and the book’s opening pages are great, quick references; Goodreads and library catalog entries usually list principal characters as well.

If, by chance, you were thinking of a different recent Scott Turow title like 'Testimony' or some nonfiction collection — tell me which one and I’ll give a more targeted rundown of the cast. Either way, Turow loves to populate his books with characters who feel like they could step out of a courthouse hallway and into real life, and that’s what kept me flipping pages late into the night.